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[JuliaL]

Cute little car. Mine held 8 passengers plus the driver, and luggage and a full size spare tire. Plus a ton of foot room (read as fighting room for the kids). Trips to Sam's Club were a dream in that baby. Shame about that motor though.

Definitely different functions.
Essentially mine is a car to be seen in.
Generally I find, I'd rather not be seen.
Hence, not the daily driver.
It is 10 years old now and has just over 3000 miles on it.

The reality is that most people only would use 5-10% of their total charge in their daily commute. Which would mean your fuel costs for work would be slim to none.

It's coming. It's just a matter of how long.

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It's no Nissan Leaf.

It's an electric car that does 0-60 in 3.2 secs and does 151 mph. It's no slouch.

I am ready for electric cars. I don't think the technology is 100% there yet, but it's fucking time.

I'm very seriously looking at Leafs and agree with your positions.
In my area, 2yr olds are going for ~$15K with 10 to 30K miles on them.
My chief reasons for buying now are:
Low maintenance: I've cared for cars for 40 years. I'm sick of it and the mfr engineers are making it harder every year[/paranoia].
Economy: kwH prices are cheap compared to gas
Ecology: I doubt I will make a detectable difference in carbon emissions, but cycle efficiencies for steam power plants are reaching 60% vs half that for ICEs so I am on the side of the angels and can feel better for it.
It also gives me a rationalization to go blasting around every so often in the Cobra.